Should a new format be invented, it will not bring about anything, Lukashenko said

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

MINSK, January 29. /TASS/. Minsk format is the only basis for talks between the parties to the conflict in Ukraine, President Alexander Lukashenko told a news conference for Belarusian and foreign reporters on Thursday.

"I can’t imagine any other possible format," he said.

Should a new format be invented, it will not bring about anything, Lukashenko said.

"Information has appeared on other formats - the Normandy format and so on - but in fact there is no other framework and reformatting would be very hazardous because it would mean only a loss of time," he said.